Apparently religious institutions should worry about freedom and liberty and whatnot. According to Sceince and Religion Today, "largely casual atheism predominates when democratic societies are at their most successful."

In India, Muslims praying for Ramadan are irked by Hindus making offerings to Shiva, and things get ugly.

Leah Libresco, a friendly Catholic. Hemant Mehta, a friendly atheist. The friendliness ends here!!! Well, no, but they did do a podcast interview/argument together.

Hemant, by the way, has a piece in the new Free Inquiry entitled "Taking Care of Our Own," about how we in the atheosphere are so quick to attack each other at the slightest provocation, and it's really good. BEHIND THE SCENES SECRET: Before publishing, he and I discussed giving it the title: "If You Don't Read This, You're Hitler."

James Croft gives us a much-needed PoliSci lesson with an introduction to the concept of the Overton Window.

The Oatmeal webcomic helps you cope with being a bag of meat. My favorite bit:

This is why I'm a fan of Buddhists and Jews. There's no such thing as a door-to-door Jew. Their attitude is more like "I'm Jewish and this shit is awesome. I don't give a raging crap if you're joining or not. In fact, you're not allowed in. All this awesome shit is mine."

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Paul Fidalgo has been communications director of the Center for Inquiry since 2012. He holds a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University, and has worked previously for FairVote: The Center for Voting and Democracy and the Secular Coalition for America. Paul is also an actor and musician whose work includes five years performing with the American Shakespeare Center. He lives in Maine with his wife and kids. His blog at the Patheos network is iMortal, and he tweets at @paulfidalgo.